diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cb8dc91c79c..33520e85695 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
               with:
-                  node-version: 12
+                  node-version: 14
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
             - uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
               with:
-                  node-version: 12
+                  node-version: 14
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
             - run: bash ./scripts/ci.sh
     eth2:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d3d5240681..eb407bf0ea5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 - Updated Webpack 4 to Webpack 5, more details at (#5629)
 - `crypto-browserify` module is now used only in webpack builds for polyfilling browsers (#5629)
 - Updated `ethereumjs-util` to `7.1.5` (#5629)
+- Updated `lerna` 4 to version 6 (#5680) 
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 1965a8d48d0..e10b296fb62 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   },
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "useNx": false
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c2b64e4fa7..8cadb1c033e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "scripts": {
         "version": "npm run build",
         "postinstall": "npm run bootstrap",
-        "build": "npm run bootstrap && lerna run compile && webpack && cp -r ./dist ./packages/web3",
+        "build": "npm run bootstrap && lerna run compile --skip-nx-cache && webpack && cp -r ./dist ./packages/web3",
         "publish": "lerna publish",
         "bootstrap": "lerna bootstrap --hoist",
         "lint": "jshint *.js packages",
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         "bn.js": "^5.2.1",
         "browserify": "^16.5.2",
         "buffer": "^4.9.2",
-        "bundlesize": "^0.18.0",
+        "bundlesize": "^0.18.1",
         "chai": "^4.2.0",
         "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
         "core-js": "^3.6.5",
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@
         "karma-firefox-launcher": "^1.3.0",
         "karma-mocha": "^2.0.1",
         "karma-spec-reporter": "0.0.32",
-        "lerna": "^4.0.0",
+        "lerna": "^6.1.0",
         "mocha": "^6.2.3",
+        "nx": "^15.3.0",
         "nyc": "^14.1.1",
         "pify": "^4.0.1",
         "process": "^0.11.10",
diff --git a/scripts/e2e.npm.publish.sh b/scripts/e2e.npm.publish.sh
index f832655db44..d56e401e92c 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e.npm.publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e.npm.publish.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ fi
 # To model publication correctly, this script needs to run
 # without web3's dev deps being installed. It installs
 # what it needs here.
-npm install -g verdaccio@4.4.4
+npm install -g verdaccio@5.18.0
 npm install -g npm-auth-to-token@1.0.0
-npm install -g lerna@^3.20.2
-npm install -g typescript@^3.9.5
-npm install -g webpack@^4.44.1 webpack-cli@^3.3.12 clean-webpack-plugin@^3.0.0
+npm install -g lerna@^6.1.0
+npm install -g typescript@^4.1
+npm install -g webpack@^5.75.0 webpack-cli@^5
 
 # Launch npm proxy registry and save pid to kill server (req. in Windows env)
 verdaccio --config verdaccio.yml &